The kennedy family has always fascinated america, and this documentary. They are still faced with many of lifes challenges, but they have also overcome. Miraculously, wanda terrells mother is the first to leave welfare. No longer dependent on fate, but rather motivated by their own spirit of selfdetermination, they are. Touchingly narrated by nickcole collins, a teenage girl wise beyond her years, the film follows the collins family over five years as they slowly pull themselves out of a haze of poverty, drug addiction, and violence that plagues their public housing project in chicago. An oscarnominated portrait of an africanamerican family that dramatically captures their successes and failures as they struggle to overcome the devastating effects of poverty, welfare, and community violence. Individual members of the collins family represent some of the complex issues inherent in families in poverty and. Individual members of the collins family represent some of the complex issues inherent in families in poverty and distressed neighborhoods and their impact on peoples lives. Legacy definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The legacy of white supremacy in american christianity jones, robert p.
The murder of a family member has an immediate impact, but eventually changes them toward a more positive outlook on life in the end. With alaissa collins, marquis collins, nickcole collins, terrell collins. Touchingly narrated by nickcole collins, a teenage girl wise beyond her years, the film follows the collins family over five years as they slowly pull themselves out of a haze of poverty, drug addiction, and violence that plagues their public housing project in. Academy awardnominated legacy is the unflinching chronicle of one family s triumphant journey out of povery and despair. Lendings featurelength documentary, legacy, which he produced, directed, wrote, and. Tod lending is an american producer, director, writer and cinematographer. The powerful voices of three generations of africanamerican women. Genre documentary synopsis plot legacy is the unflinching chronicle of one family s triumphant journey out of povery and despair.
Filmed in an atmosphere of collaboration and mutual discovery between the collins family and the filmmaker, tod lending, the 90minute legacy documentary captures a family passing through dramatic. John, caroline, and the new generation a legacy of. Eunice kennedy shriver left a profound and lasting legacy in the world, enabling an important segment. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A documentary that tracks five years and three generations of a chicago family s life in public housing. Legacy is a story about a family finding the strength and courage to transform their lives. We used these images throughout the documentary in the family, motherhood. A family triumphs over adversity in the wake of violent crime and poverty. A documentary that tracks five years and three generations of a chicago familys life in. A free brochure describing the aacla in pdf format may be downloaded from our web. The members of the collins family, whom you met in the documentary, legacy, continue to live full and active lives.